I'm playing a Red Dragonborn Abjurer, and just got the Spell Resistance trait, so I have both resistance against all damage from spells and resistance specifically to fire damage. If I were hit by a spell dealing fire damage, would I take one half or one fourth damage?
In your example you would still take half damage. If you saved against fire dragon breath then you could take 1/4 damage in this case because it is a damage reduction that is different than resistance. Hilariously in that circumstance, if the dragon dealt 7 fire damage, you would only take 1 because you round down twice.
Resistance is a game effect that explicitly doesn't stack, even if the effects granting the resistance are different:
From Basic Rules:
Multiple instances of resistance or vulnerability that affect the same damage type count as only one instance. For example, if a creature has resistance to fire damage as well as resistance to all nonmagical damage, the damage of a nonmagical fire is reduced by half against the creature, not reduced by three-quarters.
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
To post a comment, please login or register a new account.
I'm playing a Red Dragonborn Abjurer, and just got the Spell Resistance trait, so I have both resistance against all damage from spells and resistance specifically to fire damage. If I were hit by a spell dealing fire damage, would I take one half or one fourth damage?
Thanks in advance
I am pretty sure it is 1/2. Resistances do not stack. However, this does mean that you can fall into non-magical lava just as safely as magical lava!
Anything is edible if you try hard enough!
I am a swimmer. If you see me running, you should run too, because it means something horrible is chasing me.
In your example you would still take half damage. If you saved against fire dragon breath then you could take 1/4 damage in this case because it is a damage reduction that is different than resistance. Hilariously in that circumstance, if the dragon dealt 7 fire damage, you would only take 1 because you round down twice.
"Not all those who wander are lost"
Resistance is a game effect that explicitly doesn't stack, even if the effects granting the resistance are different:
From Basic Rules: